Diverging from the expected makes room for the unknown, the necessary, and the essential. More opportunities for scheduled inefficiencies to be rescued. Assuming the best from these situations that is.

There is no printing press for time. No ability to negotiate for a higher credit limit. The ledger proves immovable.

The numbers carried the story. The numbers made the point. The numbers convinced the audience. But the numbers don’t present themselves, you must bring them into the light.

What does it mean to feel safe? Is it a place, a certain number of locks or intimidating canines? Or the outcome of an oasis of trust?

Wrapping paper encompasses a trivial portion of the scope of a gift. Beyond physical objects, a gift takes on many forms. The most precious of which are not bought but freely given. Offered without a second thought the receiver almost misses that it’s a gift. That idea you shared, that compliment you gave, that invitation…